News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Defendant Arrested With Gun Tied to Broader Investigation Into Trafficking of Firearms into the District of Columbia.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: LAKE WORTH, Fla. - Roberto Paul Mendoza, 28, of Palm Beach County, pleaded guilty yesterday to three counts of distribution of heroin, carfentanyl, and cocaine; one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin; and one count of knowingly possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Defendant Fled Country After Being Released on Bond Soon After Shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Pollock prisoner pleaded guilty Monday to possessing an improvised weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Craig Michael Tezeno, 46, of Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton to one count of arson, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.

By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
Release: Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. Statement on Religious Freedom Repression by Non-State Actors, including Terrorist Groups. As representatives of the international community, we stand together in condemning the systematic, ongoing, and egregious abuses of religious freedom perpetrated by terrorist...
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
Release: Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. Statement on Iran. As representatives of the international community, we stand together in condemning the systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom taking place in Iran and call on authorities to ensure religious freedom for all. Many...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - July 26, 2018 - Elique Camacho, 21, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a crime of domestic violence, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Harold Bendell and Bruce Bendell, the former senior managers of Major Automotive Companies, Inc., doing business as “Major World," pleaded guilty to filing a false corporate tax return for the calendar year 2009 that underreported income and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - Floyd Grant Smitty, 30, of Clarksville, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 84 months in prison for possessing both child pornography and a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging a Norfolk man with armed robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - July 26, 2018 - Elique Camacho, 21, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a crime of domestic violence, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.

By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
Release: Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. Statement on China. As representatives of the international community, we are deeply concerned about the significant restrictions on religious freedom in China and call on the Chinese government to respect the human rights of all individuals. Many members of...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Jorge Lucas Murillo (28, Ecuador), Carlos Patron Marchan (20, Ecuador), Weimar Valencia Campaz (28, Colombia), and Abraham Lopez Mendoza (47, Mexico) with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison and a $10 million fine for each count.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Gilberto Astudillo Carbajal (34, Ocala) to 17 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: For Distribution of Cocaine Base. HAMMOND - Vincent Wilson, 48 years old, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge James T. Moody after pleading guilty to the distribution of cocaine base, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. According to documents in the case, between March 16, 2017...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: FBI Jackson Celebrates the FBI’s 110th Birthday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury convicted Michael Elder, 38, of Tonawanda, NY, of possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, butyryl fentanyl, and furanyl fentanyl, and maintaining a drug-involved premises. The convictions carry a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against David Donald Savage, 44, of Sacramento, charging him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging a Norfolk man with being a felon in possession of a firearm.